According to the Yandere Simulator Development Blog , 2025 is a year focused on completing the core "rival" experience. Key milestones discussed during this period include:

: Building on the momentum of 2025's focus on animation, this period saw the transition of several "text-only" scenes into fully animated sequences, such as the interaction between Togo and Ryoba . The Road Ahead: 2025 Development Goals

: The game now natively detects controllers from the 8bitdo manufacturer, automatically updating button prompts to match the hardware. Custom Mode Optimization :

A critical fix prevents when loading incompatible old Custom Mode data.